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Spring 2012

Merck and Forest Labs: Comparing Apples and Oranges?

Gil Sadka

How do you interpret key financial ratios for two pharmaceutical firms with very different growth strategies - one through innovation and one through acquisition?

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Spring 2012

BP: A Company in Peril?

William Klepper

What role did ineffective leadership at BP Oil—both at the CEO and board level—play in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill?

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Spring 2012

New York City Teacher Incentive Program: Agreeing on a Plan

Ann Bartel
Jonah Rockoff
Lesley Turner

What elements are critical to the design of a teacher incentive program for the City of New York?

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Spring 2012

Portfolio Optimization Using Linear Programming

Mark Broadie

How can a linear programming model help a portfolio manager decide upon issues of risk and return?

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Fall 2010

Apple, Inc. in 2009: Seeking Sustained Corporate Growth

Bruce Kogut
David Ross

As the market for Apple's iPod slowed in 2009, what strategies would help to sustain sales for its iPhone product and ensure sustained corporate growth for the innovative technology company?

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Summer 2008

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra

Hun-Joon Park
Bernd Schmitt

How can the leader of Seoul Philharmonic set the stage for continued success?

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Spring 2012

GM Asset Management and Martingale's Low Volatility Strategy

Andrew Ang

Should General Motors' pension plan investment team adapt a low volatility strategy that, although attractive in many respects, contradicted generally accepted finance theory?

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Spring 2012

Motorola's Spin-Off of Its Cell Phone Business

Kathryn Rudie Harrigan

How does Motorola's decision to spinoff an unprofitable unit impact the conglomerate's overall strategy going forward?

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Spring 2012

Children's Press

Noel Capon
Robert Dewar

Can a qualitative research study on sales force motivation provide some concrete answers for a struggling regional sales manager in children's publishing?

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